Profiles of purine metabolism in leaves and roots of Camellia sinensis seedlings

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2105-2118

  Deng, Wei Wei ^a   Ashihara, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Caffeine; Guanosine; Inosine; Tea (Camellia sinensis); Xanthosine

Indexed keywords

PURINE NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PURINE NUCLEOTIDES; SEEDLING;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 78651309460     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq175     Document Type: Article

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